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Russian spacecraft almost obliterates Nasa satellite in 10 metre near-miss that 'put lives at risk'


The US satellite and the Russian one passed within 10m of eachother, with experts warning lives could have been at risk if the collision happened and thousands of bullet-fast pieces of debris would have shot around Earth

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